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JOHN A. BUTLER,

- UNITED Sfl/yrES4 PATENT OFFICE. l

TO SQUIRE ROBINSON, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent lNo. 567,376, datedSeptember 8, 1896. Application led November 29, 1895. Serial No.570,436. (No model.)

i T all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, JonNA. BUTLER, va citizen of the United States,residing at Southington, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and bottles and Stoppers; and thechief object of my improvement is the necessitated breakage of thebottle in the attempt to pull the stopper.

' the form of an eye l0, into which the pulling- In theaccompanyingdrawings, Figure lis a vertical section of the upper part of my bottleand body of the stopper, together with a side elevation of partsconnected with the stopper. Fig. 2 is a detached side elevation of the'stopper and parts connected therewith.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the upper part of my bottle, the planeof section being at right angles to that of Fig. l; and Fig. ais sidelelevation of the pulling-hook.

. The main portion of the bottle A may be :in any ordinary or desiredform. In the neck Q 25,

at one side I form an internal recess or panel 5, and I preferably makethe glass which covers this recess thinner than the glass whichsurrounds it, as shown in Fig. l. I form the y main portion or body ofthe stopper of any suitable material, as, for example, a cork 6, whichis perforated, and the stopper 7 is passed through theFsame with its eye8 projecting at the inner end of the cork, while the disk-like head 9substantially covers the outer end of the cork. The head 9 may beprovided with any suitable means for pulling out the stopper, said meansbeing, preferably, in

hook Il, Fig. 4, may be inserted when desired to open the bottle. To thelower end of the stopper-shaft 7 I pivot one end of a link -l2,.and tothe other end of said link I pivot the breaker 13. This breaker is alittle longer than the distance from the inner face of the recess orpanel 5 to the `opposite wall of the neck of the bottle, as shown inFig. l. A spiral spring .14 surrounds the parts that lie between theinner end of` the cork and upper edge of the breaker, said edge beingpreferably provided with oneof more notches l5.

-After assembling the stopper and connected OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF l parts, as shown in Fig. 2, the spring iscompressed to draw its lower end upwardly and the breaker is swung onthe link to bring its body close to the side of the link,`so that it maybe inserted into the neck of the bottle. The stopper is' forced into themouth of the bottle and the spring forces the end of the breaker intothe recess or panel by the time They bottle-mouth should also be alittle aring and the diskflike head substantially fill the mouth so thatthe cork cannot be forced inwardly without breaking the neck of thebottle. In any attempt to pull the stopper the swinging end of thebreaker is caught by the shoulder 16 at the upper end of the recess orpanel 5 and prevented from moving upwardly, whereby as the opposite endis pulled up on the neck of the bottle the end of the breaker is forcedagainst the wall of therecess or panel with such power as to breakthrough the glass and spoil the bottle for reuse. The stopper may thenbe pulled out and the contents of the bottle poured out through themouth in the ordinary manner, or the f stopper may be left in and thecontents poured out through the break in the neck of the bottle.

By my improvements it is utterly impossible to remove the stopperwithout breaking the bottle so as to spoil itfor being again used,thereby effectually preventing any one from refilling the bottle with acheaper or inferior article and fraudulently selling the same, so thatthe seller and purchaser may both be fully assured that the contents ofthe bottle is original and genuine. w

I have described -what I consider the `best mode of applying theprinciple of necessarily breaking the bottle by the act of withdrawingor partially withdrawing the stopper, but I loo do not wish to limit myclaims to the details of construction thus described, as it is evidentthat the same result and general mode of op eration may be attained bydifferent means, and I therefore desire to cover all such changes as mayfairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

l clailn as my inventionl. A bottle having a breakable panel in its necka breaker inelosed therein, and means for breaking said panel in the-actof opening the bottle7 substantially as described and for shaft and thelink connecting said'shaft and breaker, substantially as described andfor the purpose speciiied.

4L. In a bottle and stopper, the combination of the neck of the bottlehaving a recess or panel, the breaker, the stopper-shaft, link and spring, substantially as described and for the pu rpose specified.

5. In a bottle and stopper, the combination of a breaker Within the neckof the bottle, the body G o the stopper, the stopper-shaft connectedwith said breaker and having a head for Iilling the lnouth of the bottleandA covering the outer end of said stopper-body, substantially asdescribed and for the purpose specified.

JOHN A. BUTLER.

Witnesses EDWIN G. LEWIs, FRED O. WILLIAMs.

